March 28, 2007

"The accumulation of well-documented observations compels us now to
consider all hypotheses as to the origin of UFOs, especially
extraterrestrial hypotheses.”

The report discusses 15 cases,
including one in which British jet fighters were scrambled from RAF
Lakenheath to investigate mysterious objects over East Anglia in 1956.

It
says that hoaxes are easily detectable and calls the position of
America “still one of denial”. It concludes: “The physical reality of
UFOs, under control of intelligent beings, is almost certain.”

The
American attitude is exemplified by the former Arizona governor Fife
Symington, who trotted out an aide dressed as an alien 10 years ago to
spoof the frenzy surrounding mysterious lights in the Phoenix sky.

Now
he says he saw the lights and believed from the start that they were
extraterrestrial. Symington, who faced fraud charges at the time, said
this week he did not need the problems such an admission would have
created."